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McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) is scheduled to announce its earnings on April 16. It will be a tough quarter for the world’s largest fast food chain because of several reasons. Firstly, it faces a difficult comparison since the sales in the first three months of 2012 were unusually high. A warmer winter in the U.S. last year resulted in better-than-expected sales so these results come on top of a high base.

McDonald's is facing lean times, not just in the US, but globally.
Earlier this year, McDonald's shifted from a 'Dollar Menu' to an "Extra Value Menu" which Chief Executive Don Thompson said didn't "resonate as strongly" with consumers.
One reason? There was no value in it, except for McDonald's.
The Wall Street Journal reports Amid Falling Profit, McDonald's to Revisit 'Dollar Menu'

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Jubilant FoodWorks, the country's largest quick service chain and operator of Domino's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts outlets, posted a jump in same-store sales for the second straight quarter in the April-June period with 4.6% growth year on year. While it indicates a recovery in its business from a year ago when same-store sale fell 2.4%, the growth rate was less than the January-March quarter's gain of 6.6%. Jubilant FoodWorks on Thursday reported 6% year-on-year increase in its net profit for the quarter at Rs 29.5 crore while its sales rose 20% at Rs 570.7 crore.

Hundreds of employees from stores such as McDonald’s Corp., Macy’s Inc. and Victoria’s Secret walked off the job Wednesday in Chicago for higher wages, three weeks after a similar strike by fast-food workers in New York.

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McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) is scheduled to announce its earnings on July 22. Shares of the world’s biggest fast food company have traded in a narrow range in the last three months as the monthly announcements of same-store sales figures highlight the difficulties that the restaurant chain is facing.